Amie has always been interested in recognizing letters, and she has been able to write her name for many months, but it was more an exercise in memory than real writing. She can analyze the first and the last sounds in a word, but not the ones in between yet, unless it is an easy …
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Hummingbird
This hummingbird had visited us a couple of times. Flying right up to the window to take a peek into the living room. Then DH came home with a hummingbird feeder and some “nectar” and we hung it. Within ten minutes the hummingbird came to feed. I believe it’s a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, a female one …
There was A Hole in the Sky Today
 Amie fed the fish through it.
The Sun is Out
Amie drew another sun. She saw that her grandmother was feeling a bit cold, so she drew another sun on her blackboard and told her: “I drew a sun for you with lots of sun… lines to make you nice and warm again!” Here it is, for all you folks who are missing the sun
Putting Up
I’ve been buying many quarts of blueberries at the Farmer’s Market. Half gets eaten and half gets frozen. I rinse them (they’re organic), dry them, then spread them on a cookie sheet and freeze them through. Then I pick ’em up with a metal spatula and drop them in a freezer bag. Then I suck …
Goings On, Much in the Way of Art
We are slowly gearing up to start work on the garden now. If only it stopped raining for long enough so that the ground isn’t so soggy… Oftentimes it looks like the Deluge around here. As DH said: the polar caps will be devoid of ice soon, and all that water needs to go somewhere! …
Amie’s Latest Drawing
This one blows me away. Amie made it sometime yesterday, but we only discovered it this morning – she made it while no one was watching. Such concentration she must have put into it. Look at the proportion of the arms and legs, and the faces…
Chile’s Quit Now Challenge: How Did I Do?
I pledged, on 6 June, not to buy any more books for myself or Amie, and no more toys for Amie. With the exception of two books I bought for 75 c from the library – so for charity really, right? – I did not wander. I waited until to report on it because I …
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Yes!
I’m the cautious type. We get a plant and I say “Let’s see if it grows!” Then it grows and I say “Yes, but will it flower?” Then it flowers and I say “Let’s see if it fruits!” Then it fruits and I say “I know, but will the fruits ripen?” Yes! Now if only …
Now We’re Cookin’! And Growing. And Putting Up.
Over a year ago I wrote about our dashed compost dreams. We were still at the condo then and the trustees vetoed the idea of a compost bin. Well, a year later the dream became possible again and we purchased two Earth Machines. Here is one of them, the active one: We followed all the …
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